Anh and Chi, a new upscale restaurant that opened in April – and a breath of fresh air in a city more used to no-frills pho shops….with a planned patio expansion this summer, it could be just the beginning of a great new era for the decades-old Vietnamese restaurant.

The siblings turned to Vancouver-based House of Bohn for an interior that pays homage to both their Saigon roots and their West Coast homeland, with an elegant blend of evocative nostalgia and earthy minimalism.

Vancouver’s food industry is the scene that never sleeps as more restaurants continue to open up. Here’s our latest roundup of new places that have opened or are about to open, and two that have closed in the past few months.